TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee Wins West Bengal Assembly Election 2016; Workers Celebrate

KOLKATA, INDIA - MAY 19: TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee with Mukul Roy (L), Derek O' Brien and actor Dev (R) celebrate during a press conference after her victory in the assembly election at her resident on May 19, 2016 in Kolkata, India. Banerjee said, "I want to thank the Election Commission as elections were conducted peacefully in West Bengal." Banerjee appeared set on Thursday to storm back to power in West Bengal with a two-thirds majority in the assembly, decimating an opposition alliance that charged her with corruption and megalomania. This is for the first time in 49 years that such a massive mandate has been given to a single party, said Banerjee, whose party was surging ahead in almost 211 of the 294 constituencies. The chief minister also trashed allegations of corruption and declared West Bengal free of corruption. Winning over 210 seats, the Trinamool Congress party became the single largest ever to capture power in the state’s electoral history. (Photo by Subhankar Chakraborty/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)